You are a senior member of an arson investigations unit. You are being supported by newly assigned criminal investigators from a street crime unit, who don’t have must experience in the investigation of arson crimes. These investigators have had training in the physical evidence collection process, but they look to you for legal guidance in terms of their presence in an arson scene. You must prepare guidelines for the new investigators to ensure that they are not violating the law and legally tainting evidence by their actions at the crime scene of an arson investigation.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 3 pages:
  • Describe the crime scene parameters of an arson fire, including one where an explosive reaction may have occurred.
  • Identify the role of the fire department personnel and their authority at an arson fire.
  • What is the authority of the state fire marshal’s office or its equivalent? Explain.
    • What specific responsibilities does this agency have? Explain.
  • Explain to the investigators under your command what role the medical examiner or coroner has when a body is discovered at an arson scene.
  • Once the scene is declared safe by the fire department and the crime scene search can commence, under what circumstances can the investigators conduct a search? Explain.
  • What is to be done with a warrant if no property owner is available? Explain.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style and no more then 25% plaigiarism

At the crime scene, you have completed the initial walk-through and are planning your collection of the evidence at the scene, when a new investigator approaches you and asks about the differences between individual and class characteristics of physical evidence.

“Didn’t they teach you this at the academy?” another investigator mutters under her breath.

The new investigator looks sheepish, but you assure him that you will get him up to speed regarding these characteristics of physical evidence. In this assignment, you will explain to the new investigator the differences between class and individual characteristics of physical evidence.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 3 pages:
  • Specifically, what are class characteristics of physical evidence? Explain in detail.
    • Provide 3 different examples that illustrate your explanation
  • What else must exist for evidence with class characteristics to be used in court? Explain.
  • Can a type of physical evidence be considered a class characteristic at one crime scene and an individual characteristic at another? Why or why not? Explain in detail.
    • Provide 2 different examples that illustrate your explanation.
  • What must an investigator consider regarding the use of class characteristics as evidence in court? Explain.
  • What must an investigator consider regarding the use of individual characteristics as evidence in court? Explain.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style and no more then 25% plaigiarism

Most of us have situations in which we find it difficult to communicate. Improving your written communication skills and being comfortable speaking to people are extremely important. Develop a two- to three-page APA-formatted paper in which you analyze your personal communication skills. Be sure to address the following:

• Describe the assessment you used to analyze your skills.
• Discuss your communication gaps.
• Describe any additional training you need in specific areas of communication.
• Analyze how you can improve your current communication skills to prepare you for advancement in your profession.

Your paper must be two to three pages (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite three to four scholarly sources in addition to the textbook

Activity 1.8 – Module 1 Problems
Complete the following problems and submit the results in either a Microsoft Word document or a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. If you choose to use an Excel spreadsheet, place each problem on a separate sheet and label the tab with problem number. Save your document with a descriptive file name, including the assignment and your name.

These problems are similar to problems in the text, but have been altered by the course monitor.
1-1 Jay White sells handmade decorations. He had to purchase specialized equipment for $4000 and buy a retail license for $1000. It cost Jay $125 in time and materials to make each item. He expects to sell each decoration for $150.

a. How many units will he need to sell to breakeven?
b. Jay has been told that the market for his products may not be as large as he originally anticipated. What price would he have to charge to make the Breakeven Point 100 units?
c. This new price represents what percentage change in the price?

1-2. Farris Billiard Supply sells all types of billiard equipment and is considering manufacturing their own brand of pool cues. Mysti Farris, the production manager, is currently investigating the production of a specialize pool cue that should be very popular. Upon analyzing the costs, Mysti determines that the materials and labor cost for each cue is $50 and the fixed cost that must be covered is $2400 per week.

a. With an expected selling price of $80 each, how many pool cues must be sold to breakeven?
b. What is the total revenue at that point?
c. What would the profit (or loss) be if they sold 100 per week?
d. What would the selling price have to be to make the BEP 60?

1-3 Holdtight a leading manufacturer of quality nails, produces 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-inch nails for all kinds of applications. In the production process, if there is an overrun or the nails are slightly defective, they are placed in a common bin. Yesterday, 736 of the 1-inch nails, 223 of the 2-inch nails, 89 of the 3-inch nails, 455 of the 4-inch nails, and 377 of the 5-inch nails were placed in the bin.

a. What is the probability of reaching into the bin and getting a 5-inch nail?
b. What is the probability of getting a 3-inch nail?
c. If a particular application requires a nail that is 3 inches or longer, what is the probability of getting a nail that will satisfy the requirements of the application?

1-4 The oasis outpost of Abu Ilan, in the heart of the Neveg dessert, has population of 24 Bedouin tribesmen and 16 Farima tribesman. El Kamin, a nearby oasis, has a population of 8 Bedouin s and 36 Farima. A lost Israeli soldier, accidently separated from his Army unit, is wandering through the desert and arrives at the edge of one of the oases. The soldier has no idea which oasis he has found, but the first person he spots at distance is a Bedouin.
a. What is the probability that he wandered into Abu Ilan?
b. What is the probability he is in El Kamin?

1-5 In a sample of 1,000 representing a survey from the entire population, 600 people were from Laketown and the rest were from River City. Of the sample, 19 had some form of cancer. Twelve of those were from Laketown.
a. Are the events of living in Laketown and having cancer of some sort of cancer independent?
b. Which city would you prefer to live in, assuming that your main objective was to avoid having cancer?

1-6 Gary Schwartz is the top salesman for his company. Records indicate that he makes a sale on 70% of his sales calls.
a. If he calls on 6 potential clients, what is the probability he makes exactly 4 sales?
b. What is the probability he make fewer than 3 sales?

1-7 Susan Williams has been the production manager of Medical Supplies, Inc. for the past 17 years. Medical Supplies Inc. is a producer of bandages and arm slings. During the past 5 y ears, the demand for No-Stick bandages has been fairly constant. On the average, sales have been about 87,000 packages of No-Stick. Susan has reason to believe that the distribution of No-Stick follows a normal curve, with a standard deviation of 4,500 packages.
a. What is the probability that sales will be less than 80,000 packages?

1-8 The time to complete a construction project is normally distributed with a mean of 45 weeks and standard deviation of 4.5 weeks.
a. What is probability the project will be finished in 53 weeks or less?
b. What is the probability the project will be finished in 40 weeks or less?
c. What is probability the project will take more than 57 weeks?

You may submit just the answers or you may submit the answers and the QM worksheets you used to arrive at the answer. Choosing the latter will afford instructors the opportunity to review your work and determine if you understand the concept but have made some minor computational error, therefore allowing them to assign some credit based on your understanding. Submitting just the answers does not provide for any partial credit.

Write a 1-2 page paper in APA format with sources cited from your readings that answers the following question:

Assess the impact of geography on the conduct of war. How was the geography of Northern Africa different from the previous military campaigns examined in this course and how did it impact Rommel’s command decisions? Assignment checked for plagiarism through SafeAssign.

Organization: McDonald’s

This is a team assignment. I just need 5-6 slides on the topic I got assigned, below. Each slide must have a speaker notes.

Create a 12- to 16-slide PowerPoint® presentation in which you describe how each of the following are or potentially will affect your industry or one with which you are familiar:

 

• The effect of global competition on the decisions made by management with regards to change in labor demand, supply, relations with unions, and rules and regulations in your chosen industry

Recommend how the organization you chose may respond to each of the previous points.

Cite a minimum of 3 peer reviewed sources.

Case Study Boeing 787 Dreamliner Network Security Final Draft

Case Study Questions:

What benefits are derived from the using a common network for all onboard systems? Comment on the security concern. Why was an FAA Special Condition issued? How did Boeing address the situation?

Attention;   -Turnitin enabled  less than 5%

                          – originality and plagiarism, don’t copy other source, do own

You need to analyze and study the subject presented below and compose a report answering the questions posed. Your writing should concentrate on the development of specific events, issues, or conditions of the subject and their relationships. It should involve research and documented evidence on the subject. You final draft will be screened and indexed using Turnitin.

Guidelines and notes:

• Use a word processor and the length of the response should be 4-5 paragraphs (about 400 words or up to 1.5 pages maximum). Do not write more than 1.5 pages of text.
• APA Style and use of this template is required. Save the template file (.docx) to your computer and replace the text with your own.
• The report must be include at least two in-text citations and sources, both in APA style.

The Boeing 787 is a fantastic aircraft with versions capable of seating up to 300 passengers with a range of up to 8,200 nautical miles. This aircraft is full of technology including a composite material skin, a fiber optic data bus for networking, and a high tech in-flight entertainment system (IFE). During the certification process the FAA issued a special condition that required Boeing to prove the aircraft’s common network was secure against hacker intrusion.

Some industry analysts have pointed out that the only reason for this special condition is because the technology used on the aircraft are beyond definitions and concepts contained within current certification rules.

Read this article which discuss network security on the aircraft:  FAA Responds to Boeing Security Story (Links to an external site.).

Optional readings:

Croft, J. (2008). FAA demands connectivity security for Boeing 787 control and information networks.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/faa-demands-connectivity-security-for-boeing-787-control-and-information-220564/ (Links to an external site.)

DailyTECH (2008). Boeing 787 network vulnerability reports “misleading.” Retrieved from http://www.dailytech.com/Boeing+787+Network+Vulnerability+Reports+Misleading/article10251.htm (Links to an external site.)

McHale, J. (2005). AFDX technology to improve communications on Boeing 787.

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-16/issue-4/news/afdx-technology-to-improve-communications-on-boeing-787.html (Links to an external site.)

TTTech. (n.d.). Advanced control systems for Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Hamilton Sundstrand’s TTP-based communication platform. Retrieved from http://www.tttech.com/markets/aerospace/projects-references/boeing-787/ (Links to an external site.)

Identify a non-United States or international Macroeconomic issue that has influenced a personal (microeconomic) decision you made.

 

Explain the macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts and how they relate to the management of a global organization

Employers of both accounting and IS personnel often rank “analytical reasoning” and “writing” skills on the same priority as technical skills, and some rank them even higher. Said one recruiter at the school of one author: “I can train new employees to use our computer systems and perform the majority of the technical tasks we will require of them. What I cannot train them to do is to think analytically or logically. And what I refuse to do is to teach them to speak and write clearly and effectively—skills they should have learned in high school.” Another recruiter said it slightly differently: “Give me a technically-competent accounting or IS student who can perform AIS tasks well, and I will pay them X dollars. Give me a student who can explain to my clients how our services can solve their business problems and I will pay them 2X dollars.”

Conduct a preliminary search and:

• Discuss some of the other attributes beyond analytical thinking and writing skills that many employers value.
• Why must we have knowledge of computerized or traditional system’s objectives to study that system?
• Do roles that accountants play differ in traditional systems from their roles in computerized systems? Please discuss.

In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.

Grading Criteria
Basic response to the DB question.	50%
Additional research supporting the initial answer to the DB question.	30%
Comments which serve to further the discussion, apply real-world examples, or lend to enhancing the clarity of the concepts.